Improvement in fruit-picker



tnihd atw @met @with GEORGE J. PARILIAM, OF I-IARRODSBURG, INDIANA Lcttcrs Patent No. 93,338, dated August 3, 1859.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-PICKER.

'lhe Schedule referred .to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE J. PARHAM, of Harrodsburg, in the county of' Monroe, and State of Indiana, have'invented certain new and useful Improveents in Fruit-Pickers; and I do hereby declare that 11e following is a full, clear, and exact description. thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which`form a part of this specification, and in whichv Figure l represents a perspective View,

Figure 2, a side View, and l Figure 3, a perspective View of the 'saw of my fruitpicker.

Similar letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The nature of myinvention consists inthe employment of a shaft, provided with a sliding basket, for holding the fruit, and also with a hook, for removing the fruit from the tree.

My invention further consists in the employment of a, knife, at the end of the shaft, lto act as a pruningknife, substantially as hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to -which my invention appertains, to make vand use the same, I will now describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- A represents the shalt or stem, which consists of the adjustable piece ai, operated by means of tho thumb-screw 11, for lengthening or shortening the stem.

B represents a wire basket, made as seen in figs. l

,and 2, and sliding up and down the stem A.

c represents a cord, Vone end of which is attached to the slide on the basket, and the other end passed up and over the pulley d, secured in a projection attached to the stem A.

By this arrangement the 'uit is removed from the l basket, after the 'same is lowered.

Having thus. described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The hand or stem A, provided with metal bands, and thumb-screw b, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. A fruit-picker, 'consisting of stem A, thumbscrew l), basket B, pulley (l, `cord c, and hook g, all

combined, arranged, and operating substantially, in the manner and for the'pnrpose set folth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I

aix my signature, inpresenoe of two witnesses GEORGE J. PARHAM. Witnesses:

J onu R. EAST, JAMES SMiTH. 

